Draft Springfield Housing Coalition’s State of Homelessness

Guidance and Hope

If you recently become homeless there is hope! The Springfield Coalition is a collection of organizations and individuals determined to end homelessness. That stated, ending homelessness is work. It must be done one day at a time; one person at a time. And we believe the best way to end homelessness is by equipping those who are experiencing homelessness with the right information.

On this website there is information coming directly from the data system behind the shelters and housing services.

Here you will find:

Addresses of Emergency Shelters with available beds

Average time a person is homeless in Springfield

Types of housing resources and availability

A Place Tonight

The first job to do is find a safe place to sleep. Springfield has many emergency shelters which will provide a place to sleep. Do do not need an ID to get in. Unfortunately, not all shelters have room.

Here is an up to date list of shelters with a free bed:

Agency

Open

Restrictions

Address

San Diego Development Center

4 – 11 PM

None

1811 W. Ender

4 RHY Emergency Shelter

Any

Under 18

1754 Puris Blvd.

Men’s Dorm

4 – 11 PM

None

211 Greeny Dr.

Women’s Dorm

4 – 11 PM

None

212 Greeny Dr.

Family Units

Any

Family

211 Greeny Dr.

Rooted Youth Program

6 – 9 PM

Under 18

1100 Hopkins Rd.

ESG Emergency Shelter

Any

None

211 Greeny Dr.

I’ve a shelter bed. Now what?

Once you have a safe place to sleep, know it’s not your home. It’s just a place to rest while you get to work getting your own home. It’s going to be hard work, but you’ll make it.

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In fact, most people leave homelessness quickly. This is great!

We got the data back it up. Here is a calculation directly from the data showing how the average number of days someone was homeless in Springfield in 2016. So, don’t give up hope.

Ok, now you have a safe bed and know this is not forever. Let’s talk about housing.

Getting Out

When experiencing homelessness you will find a lot of bad information when it comes to housing resources. This worries us at the Springfield Coalition–when an individual is homeless bad information can be severely damaging.

We are going to do our best to break down housing assistance programs.

There are essentially two types of housing assistance programs:

Assistance for those who need a jump start back into housing. This is referred to as “Rapid Rehousing” and is assistance to help pay rent for less than a year

Assistance for those with severe disabilities. These programs are referred to as “Permanent Supportive Housing. “

Most individuals who leave homelessness do so without any assistance. The next large percentage receive short-term assistance, and extremely receive long-term assistance